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' SHOEv Filed Oct. 11. 1926 Patented Aug. 23, 1927.

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Application tiled October 11, 1926. Serial-No.r140,819.

This invention relates to shoes, and has special reference to a shoe comprising a single piece sole, although I do not restrict myself in this respect.

An object of the invention is to provide a shoe having improved means for securing the upper to the sole and for preventing detachment or separation of said parts.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shoe wherein thel sole is formed with a groove to receive portions of the upper and the lining, in combination with a series of staples or equivalent fastening devices extending through the upper and the lining into the sole at the corner of the groove, and a welt seated upon the marginal edge of the upper and being secured to the upper and the sole and extending into the fold of the upper in thel groove adjacent to the outer portions of the staples or fasteners.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shoe wherein the upper, lining and sole are attached together bystaples extending obliquely into said parts in a direction to resist the strains to which the shoe is subjected in use. y

Other objects will appear from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a perspective view of a portion of a shoe constructed in accordance with my present invention.

Fig.r2 is a cross sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a detail cross sectional view clearly disclosing the arrangement and relationship of the part-s.

The shoe comprises a one piece sole 1 provided with a groove around its edge. This groove, as shown, is bounded on its lower side by a horizontal wall 2 and on its upper side by an inclined wall 3. The wall 3 inclines upwardly and outwardly from its intersection with the wall 2. y

The upper 4 and lining 5 vhave their marginal portions pressed closely into the groove described and are attached to the sole by staples 6. The staples 6 are driven Vobliquely through theupper and the lining and into the. sole l at the corner of the groove, and have their ends imbedded inthe sole relatively a considerable distance inwardly from the corner of the groove.

The edge of the lining 5 is some distance inwardly from the outer edge of the sole,

while the upper 4 extends entirely to the edge of the sole as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The welt'7 rests upon the marginal portion of the upper and extends into the fold formed by shaping the upper and the lining withinthe groove, wherein they are retained by the staples 6. The welt thus cooperates with the staples to hold the parts in proper relationship and to prevent the staples from working out. The welt is secured in position by stitches 8 which pass through the welt, the sole and the interposed marginal portion of the upper-beyond the outer edge of the lining.

A'shoe of this construction possesses the desirable characteristics of strength and durability and dispensed with the use of stitches to draw and hold the upper and the lining into the groove. The construction may be varied within equivalent limits without departure from the nature and principle of the invent-ion.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- 1. A shoe comprising a sole having a marginal groove, one wall of which extends from the edge of the sole horizontally inwardly to intersection with the other wall which extends upwardly and outwardly to intersection with the upper surface of the sole,

an upper and a lining creased inwardly into said groove and having their marginal edges extending outwardly upon the horizontal wallv of said groove, a number of fastening elements driven' through the crease of the upperand the lining and into the sole and terminating above the lower side of the sole, a welt seated upon the marginal portion of the upper and extending into said crease, and stitching securing together the welt, the upper and the sole outwardly beyond the marginal edge of the lining. Y

2. A shoe comprising a sole composed of a single piece and having am'arginal groove, one wall ofv which extends horizontally inwardly from theedge of the sole to intersection with the other wall which extends obliquely upwardly and outwardly to intersection with the upper surface of the sole, an upper and a lining creased in said groove and having their marginal portions extending toward the edge of the sole on said horizontal wall of said groove and the lining terminating inwardly fromv the outer edgesy of the upper and the sole, staples driven through the crease of the upper and the lining obliquely inio the sole land terminating above `the lower surface of the sole, a Welt seated upon the marginal portion of `the .upper and having its outer eclgeeoineident with the outer edges of the upper and the sole and its inner edge extending into said crease adjacent to the outer ends of said staples, and a "ro-W of stitches passing Vthrough the Welt and the marginal portions lof the upper and the sole between the edge of said lining and the .edges oftlienpper and the sole.

' DAVID E. CGOL, 

